Improvement in bill-files



NTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JACOB GAIN, OF ALTOONA, PENNSYLVAIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF HIS RIGHT TO ANDREW Gr. GAMBLE, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN BlLL-FILES.

Specication forming part of Letters Patent No.152,070, dated June 1641874; afpication tiled April 22, 1874.

To all whom 'it may concern;

Be it known that I, JACOB GAIN, of Altoona, in the county of Blair and State of Pennsyl- \f*ania, have invent-ed certain new and useful Improvements in Bill-Files; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the artrto which it pertains to make and use the saine, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which torm u part ot' this specification.

The improvement I have made in the spring papertile consists in the combination of a hubbed holderrith the eye of the suspendingstem` and the oblique piercing-point of the lspring-holder, whereby the suspending-point is brought below the piercing-point and the hnbbed holder made to serve as a brace for t-he suspending-eye, the bearing for the piereing-point, and the clamp for the conningscrew.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l represents a View ot my paper-tile as attached to a vertical board or wall; Fig. 2, a View, showing the manner ot' manipulating'.

A piece ot' wire is bent into a coil at A, one portion rising vertically from the coil and .forming the hanging stem B, vwhich hanging stem' terminates in an eye, O, which is wound around and soldered tothe hub of a but-ton, D, through which the fastening-screw is driven. The other portion issues from the coil, continues a short distance in a goose-neck form -at E, and thence inclines toward the button D, upon which it bears, and, bending outward again at an angle, terminates at F in a piercing-point, forming an oblique holdingstem, G, which pierces and holds the papers. This holding-stem G has two points of spring, one at the goose-neck E and the other at the coil, whereby great elasticity of tension is effected and the stemrendered sensible to the slightest touch. rl`he stem G always, when at rest,

has its bearing a. upon the button D, and never iiies back out of its straight line ot' movement to entangle itself with the hanging stem. This is due to the fact oi' the broad button, which forms the bearing for the piercing-stem.

In hangin a paper upon the tile it is simply grasped by the thumb and index of either hand, drawnover the piercing-point, and released. 'Ihe space formed between the piercing-stem and the vertical hanging stem is trif angular, and sufficient always for a large quan tity ot' papers, according to the size ot' the hook or tile.

To draw off a paper it is seized in the same manner as it hangs, turned upward and oit', the tension ot' the oblique stem being so delii cate that the simple drawing oft the paper causes it to leave its bearing.

The device is adapted for the filing ot` telegraph-messages, bill-receipts, and other papers;

The button D has a hub, b, of less diameter than the rimmed face or head, and round this hub the eye of the stem is formed, and to which it is soldered, so that it is clamped between the head and the surface to which the eye is secured, thereby holding the stem B rigidly in a vertical position.

I claimy The hubbed holder I), in combination with the eye C of the suspending-stein and the oblique piercing-point E, whereby the suspending-point is brought below the piercing-point, and the hubbed holder is made to serve as a brace for the suspending-eye, as a bearing for the piercing-point, and as a bearing for the confining-screw.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I aiiix my signature in pre-sence of two witnesses.

JACOB GAIN.

IVitnesses A. E. H. J oHNsoN, J. W. HAMILTON J oHNsoN. 

